interval between 2 visits

[unnamedpirate]

HI guys,
I want to invite my parents to visit me and my family and my question is about the interval between 2 visits. My parents hold multi-entry visitor visa valid til 2025 and stayed with us from Aug, 2017 to Apr, 2018(roughly 8 months including 2 months extension) and plan to come again at 20ish of Nov, 2018(7 months since leaving Canada). Would that be a problem? I emailed CBSA and they said it's IRCC's scope and I tried to call IRCC but I wasn't put into the queue due to the large call volumes. Anyone has an answer or know somebody I can ask?
Any suggestion is appreciated!

 

[Bs65]

So you say they stayed 8 months did they overstay then or did they apply to extend their stay given the usual maximum is 6 months without an extension ? General advice is to stay outside Canada for an equivalent time spent in Canada so although no way to predict what happens next time 7 months away possibly OK although not sure about effect of overstay if there was one.

 

[unnamedpirate]

So you say they stayed 8 months did they overstay then or did they apply to extend their stay given the usual maximum is 6 months without an extension ? General advice is to stay outside Canada for an equivalent time spent in Canada so although no way to predict what happens next time 7 months away possibly OK although not sure about effect of overstay if there was one.

Oops forgot to mention, they applied for extension of 2 months and they didn't overstay.

Thanks

 

[badar14]

Oops forgot to mention, they applied for extension of 2 months and they didn't overstay.

Thanks

There is no problem in that. They can come as planned in Nov.

Good Luck

 

[unnamedpirate]

To close the loop in case anyone else has the same concern/worry, my call to IRCC finally got answered. The lady told me "there is not such a law". Such a relief!

 

[unlucky_chaser]

To close the loop in case anyone else has the same concern/worry, my call to IRCC finally got answered. The lady told me "there is not such a law". Such a relief!

How do you get a human on the phone? (if outside Canada)

If you're in Canada, how long did it take to get someone?

 

[unnamedpirate]

I'm in Canada.
And regarding the time, I made around 20 calls in the past week and none of them reached a representative because the "large volume" and they didn't even put me in the queue. And finally yesterday my call got transferred to an agent and I was told the wait time was approximately 31 mins and eventually I waited for 40+ mins and talked for around 40 secs.